Any reason I shouldn't turn up the HP on my new truck?
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Myself I wouldn't waste the money going up to 450. I'd see if they could uprate it to 530 at least.
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Last edited: Sep 5, 2020
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I do mountains and mostly Midwest to the coast and back runs and the truck so far is phenomenal in fuel mileage and I like the power.
These trucks can be turned up a lot but remember more power is more fuel. 450hp should be fine.Speed_Drums, bzinger and RunningAces Thank this. -
More power is less fuel.
Today's engines have more power and get better economy.
You're not using as much throttle to obtain speed.
You climb hills faster. Less time spent holding throttle to floor.
It takes 11 hours to get from A to B. Instead of 13 hours. You used 5 gallons less and saved 2 hours of engine run time.
The 16 FL i drove was a 515. And got .5 better then the 12 FL 450 I drove.alds Thanks this.
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